Fire protection and safety

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of seismic engineering, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the 3rd International Workshop on Energy-Based Seismic Engineering (IWEBSE), held in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 21–24, 2025.

Gathering the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Disaster Prevention and Control (CADPC), held in Johor Baru, Malaysia, on April 25-27, 2025, jointly with the 3rd International Conference on Durability of Building and Infrastructures for Smart City (DuraBI), this book covers topics related to disaster prevention and control, such as disaster preparedness, assembled rapid disaster relief, geological hazards, earthquake-resistant buildings, mudslides, flood control and risk reduction, rocky slope, disaster prediction, prevention and control, application of Big Data in disaster rescue, and post-disaster reconstruction technology.

How can fire fighter families cope with the emotional toll of loving a first responder?

Computer simulation proves to be a valuable tool for the analysis and prediction of compartment fires.

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies on the highway bridge under collision and explosion.

Designing structures to withstand the effects of fire is challenging, and requires a series of complex design decisions.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the classification, design, and certification of offshore access gangway systems.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the classification, design, and certification of offshore access gangway systems.

The security and economic stability of many nations and multinational oil companies are highly dependent on the safe and uninterrupted operation of their oil, gas and chemical facilities.

Major events notably the Broadgate fire in London, New York's World Trade Center collapse, and the Windsor Tower fire in Madrid as well as the enlightening studies at the Cardington fire research project have given international prominence to performance-based structural fire engineering.

Technical rules like the IGF code are developed by large groups of experts over long periods of time.

Technical rules like the IGF code are developed by large groups of experts over long periods of time.

This book gathers proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkiye on November 6-10, 2023.

This book gathers proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkiye on November 6-10, 2023.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of health and safety in the workplace, focusing on critical safety design, functional safety, and applying risk analysis.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of health and safety in the workplace, focusing on critical safety design, functional safety, and applying risk analysis.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkey, on November 6-10, 2023.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkey, on November 6-10, 2023.

This book presents select proceedings of the 4th Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE-2022), organized at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.

This book presents select proceedings of the research symposium held as part of the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2023 (UMI 2023).

This book presents select proceedings of the research symposium held as part of the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2023 (UMI 2023).

This book presents select proceedings of the 4th Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE-2022), organized at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.

This volume provides the information and methodology needed to predict the thermal boundary condition for a fire over time.

This volume provides the information and methodology needed to predict the thermal boundary condition for a fire over time.

Risk science is becoming increasingly important as businesses, policymakers and public sector leaders are tasked with decision-making and investment using varying levels of knowledge and information.

Culture by Design is about shifting focus from solely organisational outcomes and performance, towards organisational culture and wellbeing.

This book highlights recent findings in civil and environmental engineering and urban planning, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe.

This book highlights recent findings in civil and environmental engineering and urban planning, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe.

This book contains papers, presented at the fire retardant chemicals association conference held in Florida in 1996, on various topics, including trends towards polymeric flame retardants, intumescent flame retardants, and fire calorimetry testing in product research and development.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION"e;Considerable effort has gone into the study of various aspects of flammability and of various plastic materials, so that these materials which are proving so useful to man will always be used in ways which will not compromise his safety.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the identification and assessment of structural loads arising from accidental events in offshore structures.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the identification and assessment of structural loads arising from accidental events in offshore structures.

Culture by Design is about shifting focus from solely organisational outcomes and performance, towards organisational culture and wellbeing.

This book provides readers an approach to overall fire and life-life design of high-rise buildings in a way that meets all stakeholders' objectives.

This book provides readers an approach to overall fire and life-life design of high-rise buildings in a way that meets all stakeholders' objectives.

How is it possible that the desire for a perfectly safe world with perfectly safe workplaces helps generate the opposite?

For safety professionals navigating the complexities of safety practices daily, the search for a single-source guide covering diverse topics has been an ongoing quest.

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies on the highway bridge under collision and explosion.

This book frames the many-sided fragilities of Hunan Province's Heritage.

Kenntnisse des Chemikalien- und Gefahrstoffrechtes sind für eine verantwortungsvolle Verwendung von jeder Art von Stoffen, Gemischen, Erzeugnissen Grundvoraussetzung.